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Bulgaria: strong decrease in unemployment rate in 2017

-1.4% between 2016 and last year

15 March, 15:53
(ANSA) - BELGRADE - The unemployment rate in Bulgaria dropped from 7.6% to 6.2% between 2016 and 2017, -1.4% year-on-year, the 'Labour Force Survey' of the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute (Nsi) said today.

Nsi noted that the employment rate for the age group 20-64 years was 71.3% in 2017, 75.3% for men and 67.3% for women. The employment rate increased by 3.6% in total between 2016 and 2017, +4% for men and +3.3 for women. (ANSA).

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